Crossword Clue:

Furthest in closest to the center

AnswerCrossword Clue
INMOSTClosest to the center
INNERMOSTClosest to the center.
MISSIOWAThe closest she ever came to winning was in 1958 and 1992
ETNAVolcano in Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
BOONEPat who co-starred in "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
MECCARABBIBBC AMERICA rebranded to cover a Jewish leader in the center of Islam?
ARNE... Saknussemm, discoverer of the center of the earth in "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
POSITIVEWord (suggested by the black shape in this grid's center) that can precede the answers to starred clues